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Center-Free Collaboration
The University of Virginia hopes a new program brings more interdepartmental collaboration -- and fewer specialized centers -- to campus.
Learning Centers Had Little Impact
British government's major investment in initiative to improve university teaching failed to raise standards, a study finds.
Historicization or Systemization?
A University of Chicago sentence-making website celebrates academic writing, and might prompt a chuckle.
Anti-Transfer Bias
UCLA professor apologizes after penning blog post that questioned the role of students who start their academic careers at community colleges.
Birth Control and College Completion
Project links pregnancy planning with finishing degrees, and brings edgy course content to two-year college curriculums.
'How Economics Shapes Science'
Economist's new book explains the many ways financial forces affect scientific research -- and those who hope to practice it.
Minutemen and Patriots
Massachusetts is believed to be the first state system to mandate civic engagement measurement.
Spare the Change
Administrators say Columbia College Chicago's restructuring plan will let it become more nimble. But students and instructors worry applying a business approach to cuts could erode a unique arts and culture orientation.